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The Path to Freedom

A Self-guided Tour 
of the Buddha's Teachings

These pages invite you to explore some of the Buddha's basic teachings as they are presented in the Pali Canon. Each page in this section contains a selection of short passages from the suttas (discourses or sermons; see sutta in the Glossary) that introduce or illustrate different aspects of a single topic. If you encounter a particularly meaningful or interesting passage you can, in most cases, read the full text of the sutta from which it came by simply following the link at the end of that passage. Many of the passages are cross-referenced to other pages, allowing you to pursue a theme to whatever depth or breadth you desire.

This is by no means an exhaustive tutorial. Use the Subject Index to find additional readings on a given topic or to explore topics not covered here.

The Threefold Refuge:

I. The Buddha

II. The Dhamma

Here the Buddha's teachings are organized according to the "gradual training" (anupubbi-katha), a framework the Buddha often used (e.g., Ud V.3) to guide newcomers from first principles through progressively more advanced teachings, all the way to the fulfillment of the Four Noble Truths.

i. Generosity(dana)

ii. Virtue(sila)

iii. Heaven(sagga)

iv. Drawbacks(adinava)

v. Renunciation(nekkhamma)

vi. The Four Noble Truths(cattari ariya saccani)

III. The Sangha

For further reading:
Source: http://world.std.com/~metta
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